Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. An inefficient operation results in unproductive activities which often miss the point and worse yet, result in wasted time and wasted resources.

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Mills Scofield

MARCH 5, 2015

On 30 January 2015 via Twitter, a brilliant graphic was added to a post that contrasted the perception many people have about the path to progress and what it’s really like. In these rare moments in the world of enterprise, getting to your destination as fast and efficiently as possible must be your paramount goal. Keep going.

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Mills Scofield

MARCH 5, 2015

On 30 January 2015 via Twitter, a brilliant graphic was added to a post that contrasted the perception many people have about the path to progress and what it’s really like. In these rare moments in the world of enterprise, getting to your destination as fast and efficiently as possible must be your paramount goal. Keep going.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 1, 2015

Sevian Business Programs were developed based on StrategyDriven’s decades of experience managing and improving complex business operations. Derived measures cascade through and across the organization’s hierarchy; driving performance that ultimately supports achievement of the company’s mission, goals, and values. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

I ended up with that job and found out what it really means to lead in a high turbulence environment. I was Dean of a leading business school in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the top mobile telecom operator in Tunisia when the Arab Spring broke out, turning the already troubled Middle East and North Africa upside down.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 30, 2015

StrategyDriven is launching a Corrective Action Program Forum ; uniquely providing expert advice and best practice methods to help leaders programmatically drive resolution of key issues and execution of work requests aligned with their organization’s goals. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 8, 2016

Foundational : assessments occurring at a given frequency within a defined time interval typically focused on core business risks, operational goals, and organizational values. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Not only is this operational approach costly, but outsourcing activities face many challenges such as communication barriers, untimeliness, and data errors. The ability to automate processes has transformed business operations; in order to thrive in a competitive market, businesses must conform to the new business model of automating work.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Here’s how it works: First thing every morning, take a sticky note and write your most important current goal. (A Next to the 1, write the most important thing you could do today to accomplish that goal. When you are done, you have identified the five most important things you could do that day to accomplish your most important goal.

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ExactHire - Leadership

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Research in 2015, stated that 37% of all small businesses had adopted cloud computing, and by 2020, this could rise to 78%. Those that aren’t adjusting to the new cloud environment could begin to struggle in the future and feel that they’ve been left behind. The goal is to make a website or internal server inoperable.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

In fact, if you take a close look at the data, it’s amazing how bad many of us in business are at utilizing our time and staying focused on our goals. The consequence is we tend to focus on short term outcomes and lose sight of larger goals and objectives. But as it turns out, being busy doesn’t necessarily equate to being effective.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

The ingredients may include such sophisticated business concepts as change management, crisis management and preparedness, streamlining operations, empowerment of people, marketplace development, organizational evolution and vision. Creating organizational vision, which sets the stage for all activities, processes, accomplishments and goals.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Everyone realizes the common goal and work together for its achievement. In the disintegration phase, Leaders rationalize why goals cannot be achieved. It will be uncomfortable for some whose main desire is a smooth operation, but growth is not smooth. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

In this uncertain environment, including the mounting global economic concerns, a humble mindset will be the only thing that will unlock the most promising business, social and economic innovations. Related Interest: Best Leadership Books of 2015. They are loaded with Roberts' experience, story, brio, provocation and direction.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

In order to accomplish our most meaningful goals, we need to fight back against two dangerous impulses: hewing too closely to a fixed plan and attempting to do too much at once. In other words, speed and flexibility are the winning ingredients in today’s dynamic business environment. Goal Setting. You and Your Team Series.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2015

Lone rangers and sole-source providers simply cannot succeed in competitive environments and global economies. The client is opening new locations in new communities and asks its consultants to formulate a plan of action and oversee operating aspects. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Negotiations and collective bargaining focused on conditions for workers and physical plant environments. Other important components of business (training, marketing, research, team building and productivity) were all accomplished according to goals, objectives and tactics. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 2, 2015

Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. All rights reserved.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Our research involved a detailed cross-case analysis of five major corporations operating in Australia over 10 years, from 2005 to 2015. ” As a global sustainability manager of one of our case organizations argued, “We’re eliminating the false choice between great economics and the environment.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Setting goals that are too low. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. Customer retention.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Develop action plans for accomplishing your goals and getting the right people to visit with your company at the show. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. Determine who you want as key prospects. Consider leaving a comment!

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 24, 2015

No matter how much we talk about wanting teams to thrive in our churches, they won’t if teams don’t have the organizational environment that offers fertile soil for teams to thrive in. Leaders set crystal-clear mission, goals and priorities that guide team efforts and establish clear operating principles.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Each quarter, family members should define one to five key objectives and goals to accomplish. Any time an objective or goal is reached, time should be taken to acknowledge and celebrate that accomplishment before moving on to the next. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. NOT ALLOWING ENOUGH LEEWAY.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

I have previously made the case that the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have the potential to provide, for the first time, a framework for mobilizing companies to invest in sustainable development in an ongoing and scalable way, while also pursuing their own business interests. Some goals may be too broad or too distant.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The post-scandal scrutiny of Wells Fargo’s culture has so far focused on the high-pressure sales environment that drove employees to create as many as two million fake accounts. The bank has since fired 5,300 employees for the illegal behavior and eliminated retail bank sales goals entirely. But the fallout is far from over.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

With unemployment rates in most developed nations at the lowest levels since the Great Recession, and with new skill sets required to keep pace with head-spinning technological advances, it’s no surprise the talent acquisition environment is incredibly competitive.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

The goal should be to create “air pockets,” with neither direct nor indirect internet connections, that can protect critical equipment and internet-connected devices. But they continue to operate and communicate with other systems until information technology teams shut them down and correct the malfunction.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Nonetheless, I ended up with that job, and found out what it really means to lead in a high turbulence environment. A “Tunisian Quartet,” composed of four civil society associations, initiated and facilitated the country’s national dialogue (for which they were warded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize). So did we succeed?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Last year during Climate Week, my company took the opportunity to publicly announce a commitment to increase the energy efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of our operations and product portfolio. In Year One, we have avoided 1.5 It starts with leadership support. We also made sustainability training meaningful to employees.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In today’s rapidly changing business environment, companies that rely solely on full-time employees are finding they have neither the skills nor the agility to sustain success. million from 2005 to 2015, a 67 percent jump. Benchmarks for Success Measure progress toward the goal. For instance, 40 percent of U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

We live in a digital economy: a virtual environment that has changed the rules of doing business and made disruption the norm. Gartner predicts 41 percent of enterprise revenue will come from digital business by 2020—almost double what the percentage was in 2015 (Gartner, 2016). Image courtesy of Korn Ferry.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

The goal is create a common platform, “an open ecosystem for the open road,” the alliance website proclaims. With a similar goal, the U.S. Successful coalition-building combines a common goal with something for everybody. Isolated industry villages must turn into cross-sector, multi-stakeholder coalitions.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

And more complexity will come with the creation of the ASEAN Economic Community at the end of 2015. Though it is possible to learn to do this better with experience, the most effective leaders Gallup has studied possess innate talents that prepare them to lead in such environments. No need to “save face.”

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

With that goal, we thought carefully about each of our clinical service lines: Are we the best at this service line? Five main factors make our clinical partnerships work: Joint operating committees that meet regularly. If not, can we become the best on our own? Or can we partner with the best and bring that expertise to our community?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

The survey reveals 81% of top performing companies (compared to 74% of average companies) used some form of pay-for-performance practices in 2015. If managers offer pay-for-performance bonuses without a plan, the approach can backfire and managers can be faced with disgruntled employees and a chaotic work environment.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

It touches the environment: transportation accounts for more than a quarter of U.S. At a time when major institutions understand the value of operating as one seamless enterprise, it’s time to upgrade the vision of One America. Problems from port delays to parking shortages affect businesses’ ability to compete.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

But the goal of sustained growth remains elusive. Its goals are extremely ambitious; it is not just a pioneer in developing new fabrics for active wear, but in developing wearable electronics. The conventional approach focuses your attention on questions about your external environment: Where should we grow?

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